I've had some experience with an old Omni carb. The carb. body wears
where the throttle shafts go in, causing bad leaks. This is why
rebuilds are not usually successful. As I recall the Omni carb is
fairly expensive also. Maybe a low-mileage junk-yard carb would be OK.
I'd try the do-it yourself rebuild first. It's probably worth a ~$20
carb kit to find out. Is there a universal new carb available? Maybe a
local speed shop should be your next stop.
-Chris
Dave Clement-LDC009 wrote:
>
> Have you looked at older (85 or earlier) carberated CC cars in junk yards? I
> would venture a guess that you would have much better luck locating an Omni
> or K-Car with a carb than a Dakota.
>
> Have you considered getting a rebuild kit and doing it yourself? The kits
> are cheap enough and maybe you will be lucking and be in the 20% group that
> is satisfied.
>
> If you are real ambitious how about stripping an EFI system off a 2.2 and
> installing it? 87 or newer use the SMEC design so everthing is under the
> hood.
>
> Dave Clement
> A local mechanic (highly recommended) says I need a new or rebuilt
> carb. He said that he has not had much luck rebuilding these himself,
> as only about two in ten customers were satisfied. He just doesn't
> know why the rebuilds don't turn out. A large part of his business
> is rebuilding carbs & engines.
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